Don't Like Windows 11? Zorin OS Is An Attractive Alternative!

[@Cavi587]

I actually used Zorin OS when building a PC for my younger cousin. He was previously a Windows user but the budget was tight for the PC so I proposed trying Linux out and spending the extra Windows money on better hardware. He agreed. I told him that at whatever point when he feels like he wants to switch back to Windows - I'll help him out with that. He's been running Zorin for like 3 months and so far never asked to go back to Windows. Stuff just works, most games he plays work great on proton. There's been a few instances I had to help him and show him a few terminal tricks to make his life easier, but it seems that he doesn't mind as 99% of things are accessible from the GUI. ZorinOS is not my personal choice as a long time Linux user, but it's amazing for newbies.

[@InfernalMonsoon]

The strong and complicated password goof always gets a chuckle out of me. But yeah Zorin is great, it was actually my first distro I used and am still using on my work laptop. Despite some one off issues that I managed to fix by simply resetting the system, it's been my go to stable distro of choice thanks to how light, fast and intuitive it is while packing everything I need.

[@Mdroudian]

I bought Zorin Pro... It's solid and clean. Haven't had any real issues. It's definitely worth a look.

[@Isassi007]

Same! I too purchase it as well to support the project and linux in general.

[@bagzhansadvakassov1093]

Ok

[@santylago]

This was my first Linux distro. 10/10 would recommend for someone curious about Linux.

[@MyRealityIsProof]

When my hard drive went out, I upgraded to an SSD. I almost went with Zorin, but chose Linux Mint instead. I'm loving Linux!

[@Kaspiannn]

be happy with what you use ;)

[@fionaneufeld7908]

Okay.

[@gatoloco3105]

Both are good.

[@ordinarryalien]

Linux loves you back!

[@ran_red]

"When in doubt, pick Linux Mint" should be a Linux community motto!

[@MastermindAtWork]

I guess I'm part of the rare breed Zorin OS users out there. Zorin OS was my proper entry point to using Linux about less than a year ago and surprising I never left outside of changing the version of the OS and the Window Manager from Xfce to GNOME. Nvidia drivers work ok and most of my CG and Game Development tools I use on Windows just works.

[@rsmith31416]

It wouldn't be a bad idea to design specific tasks that are common among new users and try to complete such tasks using Zorin or whatever somewhat new distribution you're reviewing, instead of going through the motions of installing the distribution, checking versions and default programs which is not very useful information anyway.

[@nightboy77]

Yeah, thank you

[@alexzhukovsky8361]

He should involve someone, who knows just mac or windows to try to do those tasks. That way it would really show, how beginner friendly a distro is.

[@frankhuurman3955]

@@alexzhukovsky8361 I'm all for this idea to be honest. Since this is how a few improvements got pushed by the influence the LTT video's had on the Linux community, this might add an incentive to catch and fix beginner problems.

[@criticalbit8230]

Zorin OS was the distro that got me to switch my laptop over to Linux permanently. I'm distro-hopping currently just to experiment, but even after trying Arch and loving it I'm still sorely tempted to go back to Zorin just due to its nice spot at the intersection of usability, quick setup and beautiful interface.

[@antisyte8537]

ive tried zorin os multiple times before, and would definitely recommend it for people that are new to linux. i also installed zorin lite on my old thinkpad, and it works better than ever! 10/10

[@hindigente]

Just out of curiosity, would you recommend it for an old laptop with 2 Gb of RAM and a first gen Intel i3? Do you happen to know how well it fares compared to Linux Lite (which is what's currently installed), benchmark-wise? Thanks in advance.

[@Tw3akst3r]

@@hindigente I don't have numbers for you but even the Core version runs very fast, for an older laptop the Lite version should be great.

[@waylandsmithers2815]

Bought Pro, amazing OS, never had issues I had with Ubuntu or others, almost as if Zorins' team spent way more time fine-tuning stuff in the distribution. Would definitely recommend for anybody.

[@Pelimuistelot]

I really love Zorin OS. It's fun, very easy to use, it's stable, and windows games work mostly without any hassle. Also it looks good. I really do I like it. Not once I've had to fiddle around in terminal.

[@uri.brainstew]

I built a machine for my sister like 5 months ago. It's an old Frankenstein made of very old parts + an SSD. The CPU is the youngest and it's from 2009 (aside from the GPU). I installed Zorin Core just to see if it would run, and it runs pretty good. I could've gone lighter, but she liked it as it was, so there was no turning back at that point. Nothing technical to say. Just a nice recent memory I thought I'd share :).

[@kychemclass5850]

I bought Zorin 16 pro. Well worth it...I thought of the $39 mostly as a 'thank you'. Very nice. (However LM 20.3 is my daily driver).

[@omega3fatass61]

awesome. I don't think many people realize how much supporting actually means to most of the teams

[@eskieguy9355]

Zorin must not have fully updated, because mine is running V 102. One of Zorin's selling points, is that if you try to install a Windows program, it will either attempt to help set up WINE, or recommend a Linux alternative. I've had some luck using that.

[@FirstnameLastname-we6dh]

Yeah most distrobutions don't actually seem to install updates if you check it at the time of installation. Usually you'll need to update again after.

[@jeffreydurham2566]

That is one thing that I really like about Zorin, they try to make it as easy as possible to install whatever you may need.

[@newnegusnetwork1787]

@@jeffreydurham2566 honestly thats manjaro/arch if you know where to look

[@jeffreydurham2566]

@@newnegusnetwork1787 Yes, I agree. That is one reason that I like to use Manjaro as well. Zorin is just slightly easier for people that aren't as computer savvy.

[@tanmoymridha5002]

I always smile when you say 'strong and complicated password' 😁😁

[@Rensuke_Hero-gami]

Thank you so much DT for visiting Zorin OS 16. And yes, I have the same issue as yours where Gnome Software takes a long time to search an app. Even sometimes it won't show up the result of wanted app. That's the only reason why I learned how to use terminal immediately, especially package manager. I think Zorin OS is a great distro to welcome new comers to linux from Windows and MacOS, but at the same time it requires a bit of learning curves. I've been using Zorin OS 16 for 7 months now as daily driver. Never touch my Windows 10 anymore. And I'm recently checking and testing out Arch Linux in Gnome Boxes. I also followed your Arch Linux installation using the archinstall script video to install it.

[@knife1406]

Zorin and Mint are the two distros I usually recommend, theyre great

[@fecklesstech929]

When I was new to Linux I could never get my WiFi printer to work--until I tried Zorin! My Kodak printer/scanner installed and ran like a cat with Zorin Lite. I've had a soft spot for Zorin ever since. It really is noob friendly. Looks good too.

[@jeffreydurham2566]

When I started Zorin for the first time, I was barely logged in when a pop-up said that my wifi printer was installed and ready to use. I have never had such an easy time with a printer, no matter what OS.

[@crazycoastie]

I know more folks running Ubuntu alternatives like Zorin than arch. I’ve been running Zorin for over 8 months. Really like it

[@barrycuda1722]

That's what I observed too, especially with Mint. That statement about millions running arch sounds like a lot of BS to me.

[@AshtonSnapp]

That login sound is really long, yeah, but it sounds epic.

[@merthyr1831]

Zorin is great to break the ice into Linux. I do like that they don't have stuff like vim and htop which, while popular amongst linux fans, aren't really going to be used by Windows and Mac converts. I had some difficulty with getting graphics drivers set up to work on a hybrid gfx system, so there's still some ways to go, but I'm a big fan of how well they've styled GNOME so far!

[@skelebro9999]

Finally. I've been waiting for this one.

[@sdhfhfhgjgjniiii7196]

I love how the strong and complicated password is a running gag of this series.

[@justinehrlichman9155]

I paid for Zorin OS Pro and saw it as a donation to the project and open source software in general

[@mhavock]

thats SAD! Does Zorin donate any money to the Opensource community? They make it seem like they are responsible for making all the "Professional-grade creative suite of apps" and "Advanced productivity software" etc Seems very shady ...and they charge $39 (not $40 etc marketing tactics) Also, if you use it in a corporate environment, each computer has to have a license ... Its looking like a an eyecandy money grab ; using the good will and efforts of the opensource community to take peoples money.

[@tonyfigueira9326]

Zorin definitely is a beautiful OS with lots of modern features; that being said they have, IMO, yet to unseat LM, ive tried Zorin on a variety of hardware and ive never gone more than a month w/o experiencing a significant issue that took time fix... juxtapose that w/ Mint; i put it on my mother's computer 5 years ago, every few months i stop by to run updates and my mother has never reported any issues... its pretty much become my SOP to put LM on any computer that i dont want to take the time to babysit

[@frankhuurman3955]

Fully agree! Mint never gave me a lot of issues that couldn't be solved by non-techy people(had the same experience as you, installed it for an elderly neighbor and only came back to help for a full system upgrade). But Zorin OS gave me software store troubles after some weeks that couldn't be solved without diving into the terminal. If they iron that stuff out it will be a great recommendation next to Mint for new users.

[@anhvo.1989]

I've been waiting to see Zorin OS make an appearance on this channel. I personally loved my time with the distro! It's definitely my recommendation to users migrating from Windows!

[@xperience-evolution]

Using Zorin at the moment since coming back to Linux after 10 years. Works great. Is pretty lightweight. Looks good. And their Website is just beautiful. I know that does not make a distro any good but these days a distro who want to be popular needs a good website. And the timed wallpaper is great and should be included in every distro out there. I will move to an other distro soon cause they take 1.5 years to release Zorin 17 based on Ubuntu 22.04.

[@MarkDavidMcCoskey]

I'm running Zorin 16.1 Core on an MSI Pentium Silver N6000. In the past couple days, I've installed Archcraft on a 10 year old i5M laptop. Thinking of a new machine in which to Distro hop. It's becoming quite fun getting up to speed with Linux. A learning experience.

[@raitguy]

I put this on my low spec Acer Spin 1 that could barely run Windows 10 and it has been trouble-free. Best decision ever.

[@fren648]

I have used ZorinOS for about 3 ish months now. It runs so great, and it's great for me, a wintodler who just recently switched to linux

[@androth1502]

man, i was plucking on my laptop as this was running on the pc and that startup sound scared the crap out of me.

[@dragonballjiujitsu]

Zorin is what I set ppl up with. Its also on my old Mac Pro.

[@zayanrohanda5516]

Great review, always had a soft spot for Zorin. 10/10.

[@chiefdenis]

The longest I've settled on a Linux distro, it's been my stable daily for over a year, after distro hopping for years I'm calm now.

[@burning_KFC]

As always writing a comment to support the channel

[@sharkuel]

Zorin OS is my main distro. I love it. I used Manjaro and Fedora, but for what I use it for, mostly sound design and music production it works smoothly.

[@frankhuurman3955]

what DAWs do you use on it? :)

[@sharkuel]

@@frankhuurman3955 Reaper :) it is the closest you can get to Pro Tools in Linux + it's better than Pro Tools. Actually I switched to Reaper while I was still in Windows when they were on their version 3 I think. I only have a Windows machine with Pro Tools running because ya know, industry standard and all that jazz.

[@frankhuurman3955]

@@sharkuel Thanks! I'll try it out!

[@peterschmidt9942]

While I don't use ZorinOS now, it was the distro that actually converted me over to using Linux again. For so many years I was fed up every time I tried a distro as there was certain basic things that just didn't work - like grabbing the edge of a window and trying to resize it, file managers being screwy, my network shares hard to access, VLC not playing videos etc. ZorinOS was the one a few years back that made me think "Oh OK, so you can do this stuff on Linux and it does work". It's not perfect and definitely suited to more simple users, but it's attractive and just works. A Windows user would feel right at home using this distro - minus all the crap that goes along with Windows. The main reason I didn't continue with it was because (like most Ubuntu distros), the apps were quite old and couldn't get some I use from the repos and the kernel wasn't new enough when I tried to install it on my new laptop, so switched to something else instead. I may give it another whirl in the future,

[@slavvoslava4694]

Works great on my shitty HP Stream. Great to have a laptop with a hard drive too small for windows to update. Been running it quite a while with no issues.

[@BatManSWG]

Another great video. Tho my journey to Linux started 3 years ago, now, the last 2 months, I wipe entirely windows 10. I use only Linux in my computer (actually Garuda) and your videos help me increase my knowledge on it. The last 2 versions of windows make me feel I didn't had control in my PC ..now I get it back. Hope people will start realize , how much important is that : To have full control what you payed of , not Microsoft Cheers !

[@hindigente]

Zorin looks pretty sleek. I'd like to try its lightweight version some time.

[@brads2041]

I was interested in Zorin but it's based on Ubuntu 20.04 (if I recall) and I didn't want something quite that old. I went with Fedora KDE

[@nemowei5553]

Same here. Bought the pro version. But ended up with Fedora.

[@brads2041]

@@nemowei5553 ditto. Used it for a bit but went back to windows for a while. Now back to Linux and chose Fedora KDE

[@frankhuurman3955]

Have been running Zorin on a laptop for my dad for a while now, have to say I'm really impressed how well it works for my dad who never touched something in the realms of Linux. If they can keep this quality up and iron out the noob-friendly bugs (After 3 weeks some applications in the Software store wouldn't update anymore and were stuck in this never-able-to-update-or-remove state which needed to be resolved in the terminal) then this could be the perfect distro to jump to when coming from Windows.

[@frankhuurman3955]

Something I still often run into is that after having used the OS for a few days without rebooting, the updates in the Software store just stop working(infinite "looking for new updates(this might take a while)" loop). I actually got the question from my dad why there were never any updates but those updates popped up immediately after a reboot. So something in the software store isn't fully foolproof yet. Also something with heavy battery-drain on a closed/suspended laptop(Dell XPS 13) but that might be hardware related.

[@frankhuurman3955]

My dad was running the laptop again the past 10 days, and just ran into another unable-to-update issue. Installing updates failed: snap has no updates available. While it clearly shows 2 non-snap things that have updates(brave browser and core20). So again had to jump into the terminal to fix it for him. Hope these kind of issues can be worked out over time.

[@SzBenedek2006]

It was my first distro. It wasnt perfect, but the auto changing wallpaper based on the day-night cycle got me. I didnt see this in other distros. Now I use arch (btw) with kde.

[@supernukey419]

He uses Arch btw

[@adolforosado]

One year ago, I switched from Windows to LinuxMint, Debian, codename Elsie. I couldn't be happier. I moved onto a new ssd so I left the old world intact and usable whenever there's an application that requires me to use it. I've only switched back twice to get stuff I forgot. Everything internet, works flawlessly in Linux. Have a great day!

[@FakeLame]

Great stuff as always DT!

[@Zakaros1000]

I like fedora cinnamon spin :) although I had to increase the font a bit.

[@kbaeve]

Zorin is very good. If they got rid of snap, it would maybe even be the best newcomer to Linux distro 👍

[@dragonodyssey]

I use it and it's honestly really good.

[@Afrocanuk]

Zorin is one of the high-end Distros that can significantly reduce Windows' users.

[@brunoais]

You still cut short on ZorinOS, IMO. There was more to show. Also, for the Apperance, the paid version has many more layouts. Including a MacOS-like layouts.

[@BartFlossom]

I'm glad I chose Zorin for my first distro last year. I've learned a lot from the Zorin help center and the Zorin forum. (btw, I've experienced the same slowness of the software store... I thought it was my 12 y/o system though.)

[@Isassi007]

Just installed on my son's laptop (older Dell Latitude) for the upcoming school year and loving it so far. To support the project I purchased the lastest version 16.1 I moved him off elementary OS to Zorin OS. Anyone out there must have any suggestions for must have apps for him for flash cards making and other educational apps. Thanks... Always love your content DistroTube.

[@duckwifboots]

I use anki for language flashcards, and highly recommend it. Making flashcards/Finding pre-made flashcard sets is super easy, and they have a couple of options for order, my favorite is ranking based on personal comfort with the term/concept etc.

[@Isassi007]

@@duckwifboots thank you for your suggestion!

[@xander-on-the-earth]

Never tried. But I’m from time to time suggested to install it due to my family name. I’ve been using Linux Mint Cinnamon for years and don’t think there is a better distribution. But the video is so engaging that one day I will probably try ZorinOS out.

[@DozerfleetProd]

Likewise. I've converted my Surface Go 2 to run Mint Cinnamon, and my mom's old laptop now also runs Mint Cinnamon.

[@mjwmontgomery]

using zorin to write this comment. Very happy with it. Integrates with my mobile phone, which I like. Moved my perm staff to linux for my small business. Paid version is worth it. 2 chose Zorin, 1 chose elementary (she had a mac previously). I am using it on a Huawei x pro (omg I saved some money compared to apple), and it looks like a macbook with zorin.

[@FirstLast-ml7yf]

Zorn works great with autorotating my touchscreen automatically and properly, unlike my Mint Cinnamon installation or Mint Mate installation on the same machine. Zorin Mate doesnt offer autorotation either, and had major rotation issues in the Left and Right orientations. Zorin Gnome 3 works great. And it is the fastest of the four environments, on my hardware. HP 2in1 Touchscreen laptop.

[@linuxuser145]

i use Zorin os core it does things even better than Ubuntu sometimes

[@mztahhan]

i love both windows 11 and zorin and I believe Ireland Linux devs did a super job making zorin os.

[@DarkGT]

Daily Zorin user here. Zorin is a re-skinned Ubuntu with extensions, but I like the look. Ubuntu should be like Zorin out of the box!

[@jorgemtds]

What is Arch Linux?

[@barrycuda1722]

Something that is as irritating as butt itch.

[@user-he4ef9br7z]

Best Linux distribution.

[@ikester8]

Why are both of these replies correct? 😆

[@flythereddflagg]

My dude is pronouncing Ubuntu correctly! FINALLY SOMEONE KNOWS HOW TO PRONOUNCE IT!

[@mikeymayhem_]

if zorin had a blur effect id daily drive it

[@markbenedict1295]

I run Zorin and really enjoy it. Only problem I've had was with drivers for my NVIDIA card after an update but that was fairly easily resolved.

[@almarn]

I have over 25 years using Linux as my daily driver with Ubuntu or Pop/OS. They are good but I am mostly now reading information, researching, doing home stuff. No gaming... Zorin is just perfect. Did not try the professional version. It is just good. Did try Windows 11 (I bought myself a commercial copy of w10 for a contract, my licence is ok with w11) It is vastly improved. Interface, installation but very rapidly you have to spend extra money for everything..if you want a decent solution..mostly for backup, disaster recovery. You also need to customize left and right if you do not want to deal with Microsoft advices....all the times... Really I have NO problem even with older devices such as Epson scanner V30, wireless printing, mouse, everything works (Asus board on desktop computer). I see NO need for most of the people for features such as btrfs for example but I am using snap. Works very well with my Nvidia card, Bluetooth speakers

[@AK-vx4dy]

By the way... Zorin was villan from James Bond 007 (trying to buyout all processors and destroy Silicon Valey by earthquake)

[@IsmailofeRegime]

Yeah every time it comes up I can't help but imagine Max Zorin using it as his personal computer. Now we just need Bond OS.

[@FeedScrn]

I've been using Z for 5+ months.... totally reliable. It's the most reliable distro I've used up to now.

[@sovietunion6348]

installed today dont regret

[@jeremiasremix]

the delay while using ubuntu software store/center is a life long problem for me. After some release (maybe 18.04, I can't say for sure) i've NEVER been able to use it "normally" it always takes forever to search for anything. It also happens with the gnome store (which it's based on). I've tried multiple solutions, cleaning cache, changing servers, etc, they may work for some time, but the problem gets back again.

[@jeremiasremix]

@H yes, and it works like a charm.

[@TheGodzilla2201]

I like your presentation sir.

[@alexnichi9136]

I am a Windows user. And when decided to try Linux, then started with Ubuntu, then Manjaro and now stopped with Zorin. Kind of like it out-of-the-box config where I do not need to do much to run it on my hardware and to install required dev and social software.

[@surayuthpintawong8332]

Is that suppose to be how the taskbar hide? I think the 'dash to dock' extension is a lot smoother.

[@MyszkaAgresorka]

12:03 - this gnome-software crap is killing this distro, buggy and memory hungry, can't close it. They are using it also in "Lite" edition which is a bad joke. Choose Linux Mint...

[@temofart]

I use it for a 1 year and still love it

[@nemowei5553]

I bought the pro version but the problem is, updates are ver slow, old kernels.etc. first I was excited but after a couple of weeks I switched to Fedora

[@dee23gaming]

As long as you need the terminal for basic tasks and gaming which has little market share with Linux, there is no serious free and open source competitor to Windows. Imagine "a Windows" that is free and open source. That is what Linux should strive to be! Terminals are outdated - used in the infancy stages of an OS.

[@albatross7]

This is the only Linux distro which I as a windows user found polished and consistent. I wished it had something like AUR though for applications. An arch based distro made by zorin team with working Microsoft office will be a perfect combo. They have a really good idea of what windows users want.

[@albatross7]

@Bad Taste For me the sound worked out of the box. I had installed it on a laptop though just for a couple of weeks. Not having Microsoft Office was a big no for me. Also, I missed 3 fingers swipe gesture to adjust volume level. If you didn't find ZorinOS any close to what you as a windows user want, then you can safely say that Linux is far from ready for the desktop market. This is the best they've got. The other distros are even worse.

[@albatross7]

@Bad Taste Your install option was just fine. I always choose to install third party drivers, proprietary software etc. because I just want my stuff to work. I don't care if they are open source or not. I guess the problem might be that the linux kernel doesn't support your sound card. Linux doesn't have the concept of "drivers" like on Windows. Everything is baked into the kernel. New hardware comes into the market, bake support for it into the kernel. It just keeps piling up. I find this method fundamentally flawed and bloat at best. Did the sound work when you installed Ubuntu?

[@fabricio4794]

Zorin Will Be the Next Mint

[@ikester8]

Linux Mint 21 will be the next Mint. 😀 I'd rather fight than switch, but this looked good.

[@VektrumSimulacrum]

I have Endeavour Artemis on a desktop I rescued but I think I made the right choice putting Zorin lite on a laptop (also rescued from the ewaste pile) as a research/workstation. I'm new to linux so I can blow up the desktop install a bunch of times while I fumble through learning and still have a reliable, easy to use linux install on my laptop to get work done.

[@waltz9230]

I know Zorin is just gnome but I'm wondering if it'd be possible to implement their entire styled version on Arch, it looks clean af

[@erned8445]

dash-to-panel & Arc menu is what you're looking for

[@IcyColdified_]

I think they have the gnome extensions and themes on their github?

[@omega3fatass61]

yo I was just about to comment the same thing lmao

[@merlin-ju6fu]

I dual boot zorin 16 pro with win 10 pro. Zorin offers me more stability and I use cross platform software like thunderbird and vlc.

[@JamesSmith-zm1ot]

Did they get the idea from James Bond - A view to a kill?

[@dimaur3697]

is zorin rolling release?

[@ThomasGrillo]

I was SO sure you were going to cover the accessibility features in Zorin OS. I've tried reaching out to them, but that was years ago, and still haven't heard back from them. Could you PLEASE, do a video covering the use of the accessibility features in Zorin OS. I'm legally blind, and it's time for me to start learning Linux' Zorin OS, so I'll be ready for 2025. Enjoyed the video. Thanks. :)

[@MicroClases_Ciencia]

THat is some nice looking OS, I will definitely try it

[@riokolza1782]

Man I love this OS so much, and wish I could just drop Windows and switch to it. Ive been trying to learn Linux but one thing Ive really been struggling with is how to set up my drives. Like on Windows its just easy and basic to install Steam on my C drive and have the Steam directory and other games on D. Have media on E. And then just a spare F drive for random stuff, and just easily browse and use all of them. But with Linux...I get stumped. I tried looking up how to do it but it may as well have been in a different language, lol. Is there any Distro, or software, or any easy-for noobs tutorials on how to do this? >.> If I can learn/figure out things like these I'd switch for sure.

[@chiefdenis]

I think you should watch tutorials on Linux filesystem, they don't use drive letters like windows

[@scaylar7246]

Is zorin os good for Music production??

[@lue64]

on zorin right now. it's pretty good

[@CrisisDigital]

I had bugs in zorin and feels outdated. But zorin is still my favourite and first distro i ever went from windows.. My verdict for zorin for newcomers is 9.5/10.. ⚡️⚡️. Community is also nice. Never used windows since.. Now i use fedora

[@frankhuurman3955]

yeah good description of it. Has a few bugs, outdated but solid and clear enough to use for people that step in from win/mac. Most of the bugs can be solved by a reboot.

[@CrisisDigital]

@@frankhuurman3955 yes. No bugs were unsolvable. Except the last one, it was solvable but i was too noob to do it (login loop bug).. Made me switch to fedora

[@frankhuurman3955]

@ca5 I'm using Gnome

[@CrisisDigital]

@ca5 gnome here too

[@joaopauloalbq]

In case you haven't noticed the password is strong and complicated

[@oakmen4604]

12

[@rafbambam]

I recently been a distro hopper, but for now I stopped at Zorin. I realy is nice and well ballanced, easy to use. I'm not a person that is in to all the stuff off setting everything up syself. It's nice that this system comes out of the box with a lot off usefull things. Would I say tha every windows user is going to love this as a alternative, I'm not shure, I think its come a long way but still need to get that extra mile to fully get at pase with windows. But it is a good try. Greetings from Belgium.

[@soumyadeepghosh4428]

Sir can you make a tutorial on BSPWM + POLYBAR+PICOM installation & configuration??

[@barrybear2012]

To be fair, running sudo apt upgrade installs the latest Firefox (102).

[@georgesomething]

Me: a guy who is about half a year into using Linux. Started with Pop_OS!, had very good time and a month ago jumped to Arch based EndeavourOS due to hearing so much good abour Arch in general. Also me: First time hearing about ZorinOS. I know I am just one guy and this anecdotal, but I am pretty confident that distrowatch is not exactly credible in these matters.

[@-Engineering01-]

Linux Mint XFCE forever, it's rock solid for years.

[@blueyZee]

Have you tried fedora workstation? It is good

[@-Engineering01-]

@@blueyZee why should I try another distro ? My Linux mint going well.

[@blueyZee]

Was just suggesting it. It is super stable and still manages to be on the latest software packages

[@synthsyndicate]

Another great video DT.

[@Steerable6827]

I have had too many problems to count dealing with the zorin os store.

[@frankhuurman3955]

@@dreaper2087 like updates not appearing anymore(stuck in an infinite looking for updates loop) and taking ages to search for an application in the store. At least those were my experiences recently

[@frankhuurman3955]

@@dreaper2087 doesn't take away the fact that I really like Zorin though! :) But I've seen some posts on their forum about it as well so it might affect people randomly (my infinite store loop happened on a clean install with just 3 applications installed from the software store). But it might just be a Gnome or Ubuntu thing that's ruining it for Zorin as well.

[@frankhuurman3955]

​@@dreaper2087 Might as well be but I'm on a Dell XPS 9370 from barely a few years old and Manjaro Gnome didn't have these kind of problems so to me it seems like a Zorin thing. And you wouldn't believe it but yesterday I had a store issue again after using Zorin for a couple of days. Trying to update through the store, I get a "something went wrong, the name :1.104 was not provided by any .service files" notification. Hopped to the terminal to apt update and it shows me a massive amount of updates that I thought the store would've updated as well the past few days. Now I'm just stuck with that warning each time I open the software store and I have no idea what's triggering it so will have to do some digging.

[@frankhuurman3955]

@@dreaper2087 seems to be a gnome-software / fwupd compatibility thing, found this in journalctl: `gnome-software[2004]: not GsPlugin error FwupdError:10: The name :1.104 was not provided by any .service files`

[@johanb.7869]

Zorin is nice, but it's just Ubuntu with Arc Menu and Dash to panel extensions, is it not?

[@ardithconley2628]

I built a PC out of parts I have collected. I put a Asrock mini ATX B450 MB, Ryzen 1600 CPU, 32g Ram, and RX 580 GPU in a case and am going to use it as my Paid Zorin Test box. I am going paid due to your video and the one that used the paid version to which showed all the apps that came preinstalled in it. That would save a lot of time in installing things worth the $40. What I really want to do is 2 things 1st is to see how many of my windows apps that I own to run on Linux. 2nd to install a cut down version of windows 11 on a virtual box and see how the windows apps run on that. I was able to build a PC and install a cut down version of windows 11 on it. Not sure how long that will last due to updates putting back all the things I removed. Microsoft forgot an OS is just about something that shared the recourses to the programs you install on the PC and should not be seen unless called. Like hitting the windows key or the Print Screen key. No telemetry or give access to unwanted things like news feeds and advertisements.

[@vanodon2257]

Does this have a debian testing version? Need something debian testing based for my gamer friends coming from winblows

[@MuseHijinks]

Zorin and Mint are very good distros for people coming from windows.

[@حسامالعراقي-ظ4ن]

i have tried and installed all Linux distributions for about two years and then I left Windows the results of those experiments are: zorin is the best Linux distribution ever (stable, you get everything and you don't need an external source they already add flatpak and snap, it uses a small amount of RAM and cpu...etc) manjaro in second place (they have an excellent application manager) worst Linux distro is fedora (they give you nothing but shit thanks for flatpak, guess what ? they have dumbest installer on the plant)